Mechanical musical instrument.



No.825fi i8. PATENTED JULY 17, 1906. B. s. VOTEY. MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 1, 1905.

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Attys 825,948. PATENTED JULY 17, 1906. B. s. VOTEY. MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.1. 1905.

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EDWIN S. VOTEY, OF SUMMlT, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE AEOLIAN.

CQMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

. MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

\ Patented July 17, 19106.

, zen of the United States, and a resident of Summit, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Musical Instruments, of which the following is a specification. My invention relates to pneumatically-operated musical instruments, as pianos, and particularly to pianos having horizontallydis osed cases, as square or grand pianos.

t provides a convenient arrangement of the various pneumatic parts for operating the striking mechanism and for adjusting the edals either into or out of operative position in which latter position they will not interfere with the useof the ordinary pedals mounted on the pedal-support or lyre of the instrument.

, The invention also consists of combinations of arts which will be specified in the claims.

11 the drawings, Figure 1 is a frontelevation of a piano embodying my invention.

Fig; 2 is a vertical section through the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a partial inverted plan viewof the instrument, showing the connections.

'In the drawings, 1 designates the case of a piano, of which 2 represents the keys. Depending from the bottom portion of the piano 1 is a lyre orpedal-support3, in which, as shown, are pivoted the usual pedals 4, adapted to produce piano or forte effects when the instrument is manually played by means of the keys 2. Pivoted at 5 on the pedal-support 3, which, as shown, consists or two verticallydisposed portions 31 and a base 32 connecting these, are links 6, the forward ends of which arein turn ivoted to the heel or forward end of a be lows-pedal 7, the toe or rear end of whic'h is connected by a link 8, jointed at 8 to the forward end of a lever 9, which is pivoted at 10 to a dependent frame 11; secured at the lower side of the casing of the instrument. The levers 9 are bent at their rear ends,as shown in Fig. 2,and are connected by a link 12 to the movable board 13 of a-pumping-bellows, which is connected by usual means (not shown) to awind-chest 14. Supported beneath the case 1 of the instrument and in the present instance extend ing through the supporting-frame ll is an action-case 15, within which may be conl pplloatlon filed Pecember L 1905' serial 289,761 P i i tie-.1

tained any desired parts of thepneumatic-action of the instrument.

The operation of the device will be easily understood from an inspection of the .drawings. It will be seen'that the bellows pedals 7 are conveniently placed in their operative position, (shown infull lines in Fi 2,) in which position they are maintains by the links 6, by which they are connected to the pedal-support 3, and by the links 8, which connect them to the forward end of the levers 9, and that in this position they are positioned to operate through the lever 9 the pumpingbellows 13. When it is desired to play the' instrument manually, the bellows-pedals 7 may be raised to the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, the pivotal connection of the links 6 and 8 and the joint 8 in the line 8 per mitting this movement from the operative position in front of the pedal-support 3 to the non-operative position adjacent and in the present instance above the forward end of the levers 9. In this latter or non operative position the ordinary expressiompedals 4 of the instrument may be readily reached by the'feet of the player.

It is obvious that certain mechanical changes may be made in my device without departin from the invention.

What claim is 1. In a pneumatically-operated piano, a horizontally-disposed case, a edal-support, a bellows mounted at the un or side of said case behind. said edal-support, a lever for operatin said be lows and extending forwardly t erefrom beneath said case, a bellows-pedal, and links comicctihg said pedal to said support and to said lever, whereby said pedal may have movement from operativev to non-operative position.

2. In a pneumatically-operated piano, .t

case behind said pedal-support, alever for opi the rear end of said bellows-pedal to said leerating said bellows and extending forwardly ver, and a second link connection from the therefrom beneath said case, abellows-pedal, 1 forward end of said bellows-pedal to said a link connecting said pedal to said support, I and a jointed link connecting said'pedal to said lever, whereby said pedal may have movement from operative to non-operative position.

4. In a pneumatically-operated piano, al horizontally-disposed case, a pedal-support i including two vertically-disposed portions, a I bellows mounted at the under side of said case, a lever for operating said bellows and extending forwardly therefrom beneath said case, a bellows-pedal, a'link connection from i may be moved downwardly into operative inverted position between said vertically-disposed portions.

In testimony whereof I have signed this ing Witnesses.

EDWIN S. VOTEY. Witnesses D. O. Hams, W. O. MANSFIELD.

position and upwardly and rearwardly intopedal-support, whereby said bellows-pedal specification in the presence of two subscrib- 25 

